C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test

October 20, 2026 · 5:58 pm 3 sources

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• C.D.C. Ignored Request From States to Validate a New Measles Test
  The New York Times · October 21, 2026 19:42
  The agency replied two months later, saying it had “competing priorities,” officials from a coalition of Western states said.
• Experts alarmed by ‘less transparent’ CDC as US measles deaths rise
  The Guardian · October 22, 2026 10:00
  Agency declines to reveal in which state latest measles death occurred as it delays reporting other measles deaths The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) added a third measles death to its dashboard on Wednesday, but the agency would not reveal whether the death occurred in…

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• CDC reports third measles death in the United States this year
  Al Jazeera · October 20, 2026 17:58
  The death was added to the federal tally, as the US records more than 4,400 measles cases nationwide.